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the republican party is not heavily excited about governor romney. the only way he'll have a chance at this, particularly when you look at swing state polls, is if he's able to peel off the moderates. that's going to be a very difficult act for him to pull off. >> one of the things people are asking for is specifics. paul ryan on bloomberg tv today, this morning, in fact, still doesn't add much clarity to the tax plan. watch this. >> obviously the numbers add up. we've shown that. let's work together to establish that framework. and it's not as much as what's in the tax code as who gets it. >> i mean, what does that mean? >> listen, i think that's -- it's -- you brought that question exactly as -- and his answer has been part of the problem with the entire campaign. i think they're still trying to come up with this idea of how exactly do we distinguish, how exactly do we come up with some different type of policy that makes you better off. and i think they have not been able to come up with a answer that seems at all cogent to the larger american pop
the republican party is not heavily excited about governor romney. the only way he'll have a chance at this, particularly when you look at swing state polls, is if he's able to peel off the moderates. that's going to be a very difficult act for him to pull off. >> one of the things people are asking for is specifics. paul ryan on bloomberg tv today, this morning, in fact, still doesn't add much clarity to the tax plan. watch this. >> obviously the numbers add up. we've shown that....
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company strategic allied consulting hired by the republican national committee owned by a mitt romney a paid mitt romney political consultant so it still continues to grow late last friday the republican florida the republican party of florida filed a criminal election fraud complaint against the republican company strategic allied consulting and just before coming to the studio today i got word from an insider that the department of state down there has now informed all of the supervisors of elections in all of florida's counties that they need to set aside all of these fraudulent registration forms of the forms believed to be fraudulent because they may now be needed in a court case was so this is moving forward now on a criminal level and we're still finding out how this affects voters in the other four states where this same firm nathan sprowl's firms were operating and there has been some reports in nevada and denver of destroyed democratic registrations found in the trash so this continues to develop and it's continues to be a remarkable story of the republicans being hoisted on
company strategic allied consulting hired by the republican national committee owned by a mitt romney a paid mitt romney political consultant so it still continues to grow late last friday the republican florida the republican party of florida filed a criminal election fraud complaint against the republican company strategic allied consulting and just before coming to the studio today i got word from an insider that the department of state down there has now informed all of the supervisors of...
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romney win pennsylvania. most republicans usually don't admit as much, prefrg to frame their efforts around, quote, preventing voter fraud. but in a twist it appears that republicans may be the ones responsible for all the suspicious activity this year. last week the rnc fired a group called strategic allied consulting after accused of submitting fraudulent voter registration forms. if the republican party was shocked, perhaps it shouldn't have been. the firm is owned by a gop operative named nathan stroul sproul whose voter activities were investigated by the justice department though no charges filed. in a sign of people who want to legitimately exercise their right to vote, voters in ohio slept on the street overnight to be the first to cast their ballots when early voting began this morning in that state. joining us now is the host of politics nation, here on msnbc, the one, the only, reverend al sharpton. great to see you. >> glad to be here. >> let's talk about the pennsylvania decision. there seems to
romney win pennsylvania. most republicans usually don't admit as much, prefrg to frame their efforts around, quote, preventing voter fraud. but in a twist it appears that republicans may be the ones responsible for all the suspicious activity this year. last week the rnc fired a group called strategic allied consulting after accused of submitting fraudulent voter registration forms. if the republican party was shocked, perhaps it shouldn't have been. the firm is owned by a gop operative named...
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in this case, governor romney is hoping the republican base turns out. that could be the big factor. the obama campaign is working this constituency very, very hard. one thing they'll do here in colorado, wolf, and in other states, try to get them to turn out. the early voting window opens here in colorado in about 11 days. they hope to get as many as possible go back and vote early and go back and double and triple check the list that's the worry. >> turnout is critical. thanks very much, john. john's in denver for us. as jim acosta just mentioned a few moments ago, the romney campaign is now pouncing on a remark that the vice president made earlier today while campaigning in north carolina. another key battleground state. listen to what the vice president said in charlotte. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. all kidding aside, with all the boos, we can stop all that mularkey, this is deadly earnest, man, this is deadly earnest. how they can justify --
in this case, governor romney is hoping the republican base turns out. that could be the big factor. the obama campaign is working this constituency very, very hard. one thing they'll do here in colorado, wolf, and in other states, try to get them to turn out. the early voting window opens here in colorado in about 11 days. they hope to get as many as possible go back and vote early and go back and double and triple check the list that's the worry. >> turnout is critical. thanks very...
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mitt romney. romney made a campaign appear snow is in denver and told the crowd he would honor temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants because of an executive order signed by the president. >>> call day lose-win. the phillies beat the nationals 2-0 last night but the second place braves also lost which clinches the nationals' first nl east divisional title. the team brought the celebration on to the field to share it with the fans. the celebration spilled over onto south capital street and beyond last night. >> i can't even express right now what i'm feeling. this was amazing. we're going to the post-season with the nl east division champs. >> how are you feel something. >> i'm just extra happy that we -- we lost but we won. it's just -- i don't know. i feel great. >> really pumped that we actually clinched for the division. >> what did you think of that game? >> good. >> what won? >> washington. >> last year at this time, we weren't even considering making the playoffs and for us to w
mitt romney. romney made a campaign appear snow is in denver and told the crowd he would honor temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants because of an executive order signed by the president. >>> call day lose-win. the phillies beat the nationals 2-0 last night but the second place braves also lost which clinches the nationals' first nl east divisional title. the team brought the celebration on to the field to share it with the fans. the celebration spilled over onto south...
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but democrats accuse republicans of trying to stack the deck they say for governor mitt romney. they point to this comment from the house republican leader back in june. quote, voter i.d., which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. a spokesman later said the law maker meant, quote, for the first time in many years, we're going to have a presidential race on a relatively level playing field. more than a dozen states have approved tougher voter i.d. requirements since the election of 2008. the courts of the justice department blocked four voter i.d. laws in four different states. eric shaun live tonight. what does this ruling in pennsylvania mean for voters there? good evening. >> good evening. on election day, poll workers will be asking voters can i see a photo i.d.? now voters do not have to show one. the ruling keeps the state's voter i.d. law intact. it just won't be enforced for this presidential election. court judge robert simpson is worried not enough people have them. he ruled, quote, i expected more photo i.d.s to have been issued by
but democrats accuse republicans of trying to stack the deck they say for governor mitt romney. they point to this comment from the house republican leader back in june. quote, voter i.d., which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. a spokesman later said the law maker meant, quote, for the first time in many years, we're going to have a presidential race on a relatively level playing field. more than a dozen states have approved tougher voter i.d....
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>> mitt romney was able to beat his republican challengers with tough rebuttals and good lines. he's been prepping extensively for the debate tomorrow night. is that a good thing or bad thing? does he run the risk coming across too rehearsed? >> the fact they are spending eight days in debate camp is unprecedented, no question about that. the danger of that is you overprogram the guy to the point where he gets on that stage and he is in some invisible straitjacket. that's the last thing they need. bill clinton said something smart about debates. they are like jazz. there is a melody you have to play, but you have to be able to imp improvi improvise, as well. if you're too rigid, you don't hear the opportunity to riff. >> there is a rich history and not all of them involve what the candidate said rather than what they did. when president bush was checking his watch. the cut-aways are so pivotal to see what type of response the other candidate is having. the reaction, that is. both sides need to play this cool, correct? >> they sure do. that is a great question. it's a great thing
>> mitt romney was able to beat his republican challengers with tough rebuttals and good lines. he's been prepping extensively for the debate tomorrow night. is that a good thing or bad thing? does he run the risk coming across too rehearsed? >> the fact they are spending eight days in debate camp is unprecedented, no question about that. the danger of that is you overprogram the guy to the point where he gets on that stage and he is in some invisible straitjacket. that's the last...
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and if mitt romney were to win, republicans are planning more military and the like spending, how do we disavow each side of its knee-jerk inclination to spend to industry's favored to its party. >> i thought hope that debate will produce more honest dialogue. and then right after the election, whoever is elected, we face the fiscal cliff in january, and almost all economists left or right or center, say that it would cause a high-risk of another recession. so what i would like to see instead of a fiscal cliff that we face, instead of kicking that can down the road 6 months, let's change cans, use simpson-bowles or a combination, and substitute is say you have 6 months overturn it you may not like it, but this is better than what we face right now, why not substitute a logical and sane default position for what we have facing us now. neil: senator bennett, what in your gut, do you think they will do? regardless who wins, prevailing wisdom they either delay the cuts, try to screw around with sequestration, a glorified way of kicks the can down the road what do you think? >>i think tha
and if mitt romney were to win, republicans are planning more military and the like spending, how do we disavow each side of its knee-jerk inclination to spend to industry's favored to its party. >> i thought hope that debate will produce more honest dialogue. and then right after the election, whoever is elected, we face the fiscal cliff in january, and almost all economists left or right or center, say that it would cause a high-risk of another recession. so what i would like to see...
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those are clearly not the views of the republican party of clay county or the mitt romney campaign. they did not deny the incident. this whole thing about it was a renegade, it was a rogue operation, those polling operations, those -- there are people sitting in rooms, sitting in call stations. you have people sitting next to you, sitting to your left and right. nobody ever heard her saying that? >> well, they claim not. >> these are phone banks. >> they're supposed to have scripts. if a person says "a," you say "b," if they say "b," you say "c." if this was a rogue, this was someone who -- >> the reason i bring this up is when they poll people like in ohio, when you see more than a third of the republican registered voters think he wasn't born in this country, the president, this isn't just something they come up with at home. they hear this. they get it through different channels and this is one of them. mr. isikoff, you have done it again. you've captured this case of corruption really. people selling registration lists that are bogus. >> right. and i think we're going to hear mo
those are clearly not the views of the republican party of clay county or the mitt romney campaign. they did not deny the incident. this whole thing about it was a renegade, it was a rogue operation, those polling operations, those -- there are people sitting in rooms, sitting in call stations. you have people sitting next to you, sitting to your left and right. nobody ever heard her saying that? >> well, they claim not. >> these are phone banks. >> they're supposed to have...
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romney is pretty cool. i watched him under fire in the republican nominee debates. he was a pretty cool customer. obama can get rattled. >> he had a couple bad moments. the famous however many thousands of dollars bet it was with rick perry. that was not mitt romney at his best. overall, the thing about president obama is that his skill is in oratory. he's great at sort of exhorting crowds and inspiring people who already agree with him but throughout his presidency and this has been true in interviews, true in press conferences, true in his speeches, he's struggled with the art of persuasion, the art that bill clinton obviously mastered so well. so there, i think there is a weakness for him in the debate, that he has a sort of, he can stumble too, not in the same way that romney can, but he can sort of get tangled up in his slightly professorial style and lose the plot, if you will. >> important as this may be to the romney fortunes, it's a day we discover the romney campaign is planning to unleash, this is their leaking, robust spending in the final five weeks of
romney is pretty cool. i watched him under fire in the republican nominee debates. he was a pretty cool customer. obama can get rattled. >> he had a couple bad moments. the famous however many thousands of dollars bet it was with rick perry. that was not mitt romney at his best. overall, the thing about president obama is that his skill is in oratory. he's great at sort of exhorting crowds and inspiring people who already agree with him but throughout his presidency and this has been true...
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mitt romney has done these pretty recently as part of 20 republican debates, but look, i have no doubt that the president will be well prepared and look, i don't actually think this debate is going to be decided by some snappy zinger or snappy sound bite. i think the american people, particularly the undecided voters that you, chris and mark were talking about, are really looking for these candidates to discuss what they want to do economically and domestically going forward for the next four years. i don't think, you know, snappy slogans are what's going to win it. good, honest, discussion of the issues and the plans moving forward and i think that's going to be okay for president obama. >> how hard is it to coach the president of the united states and tell him, no, sir, that's wrong, you've got it wrong or should try this or do that? how does he take constructive criticism? >> look, everybody, whether you're the president or whether you might be my 9-year-old, sometimes it's always -- it's never always easy to tell them something like that. but look, again, i think, you know, the pre
mitt romney has done these pretty recently as part of 20 republican debates, but look, i have no doubt that the president will be well prepared and look, i don't actually think this debate is going to be decided by some snappy zinger or snappy sound bite. i think the american people, particularly the undecided voters that you, chris and mark were talking about, are really looking for these candidates to discuss what they want to do economically and domestically going forward for the next four...
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in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don't control everything. everybody has been waiting to find out if mitt romney looks like such a losing prospect that republicans will be cut lose to essentially campaign on their own to campaign against them. but campaigning on the assumption that it mitt romney is going to lose? that's something new. and it's even weirder when voiced by scott brown tonight. that's coming up. >>> it seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> that's the senate candidate from missouri this year, congressman todd akin. one of the things lost as soon as he said what he said about legitimate rape is his democratic opponent clair
in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don't control everything. everybody has been waiting to find out if mitt romney looks like such a losing prospect that republicans will be cut...
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mitt romney, a republican candidate for governor in bluer than blue massachusetts. in mere weeks he went to a five-point winner on election night. and you know something? the debates had a whole lot to do with that. matt viser is a political reporter who has just written a great piece on the '02 race and mitt romney's political resourcefulness. joining me live. great story and i think, you know, either i'm just too young to really remembered it, which i think is not true, but i think a lot of people don't know that mitt had this remarkable turn around. how did he do it? >> yeah, i mean, in 2002, really the only political race he's actually won, he was behind. i mean he was leading in the polls early on, he faltered, he was behind by six points with six weeks to go. he was -- there was an 18-point gender gap. people favored his opponent shannon o'brien. and he had a meeting with his advisers and they decided to shift gears. they went after her a lot more. they dropped some of the family friendly ad with ann, and went right after her. and the debates certainly played
mitt romney, a republican candidate for governor in bluer than blue massachusetts. in mere weeks he went to a five-point winner on election night. and you know something? the debates had a whole lot to do with that. matt viser is a political reporter who has just written a great piece on the '02 race and mitt romney's political resourcefulness. joining me live. great story and i think, you know, either i'm just too young to really remembered it, which i think is not true, but i think a lot of...
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particularly conservative republican americans are expecting mitt romney to go out there and do something and i don't know whether that as even possible right now. the first debate means everything. the whole world is watching this thing. this is a big, big debate on wednesday night. this is much bigger than the mccain-obama debate. >> today mitt romney traveled from boston to colorado where the debate will be held as a major player in romney's fund raiser confirmed to fox business that a few new york donors have backed away from financial commitments to the romney campaign and instead said they will spend their money to help the republicans hold on to the house of represents and pick up seats in the senate. the debates will be very important, said one person with knowledge of the matter. if romney does well, that money could come back. >>> new jersey's governor, chris christie the current front runner for the presidential nomination 2016 has decided his job is to state the obvious. >> it's a huge night. we've had a bad couple of weeks and we want to turn this around and if you want to tu
particularly conservative republican americans are expecting mitt romney to go out there and do something and i don't know whether that as even possible right now. the first debate means everything. the whole world is watching this thing. this is a big, big debate on wednesday night. this is much bigger than the mccain-obama debate. >> today mitt romney traveled from boston to colorado where the debate will be held as a major player in romney's fund raiser confirmed to fox business that a...
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in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don't control everything. everybody has been waiting to find out if mitt romney looks like such a losing prospect that republicans will be cut lose to essentially campaign on their own to campaign against them. but campaigning on the assumption that it mitt romney is going to lose? that's something new. and it's even weirder when voiced by scott brown tonight. that's coming up. iently absorbel continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us
in the senate because the republicans will lose the house and incidentally saying that mitt romney will lose the race for the white house. it's like it goes without saying for these guys now. this is the guy more in charge of the republican message than anybody else in the country. and his pitch is mitt romney is going to lose. you need us so democrats don't control everything. everybody has been waiting to find out if mitt romney looks like such a losing prospect that republicans will be cut...
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and it was a home made possible by someone you may know today mr mitt romney yep the republican presidential hopeful was intimately involved in monsanto's transition into biotechnology when romney was fresh out of harvard he joined a consulting firm bain and company monsanto as bain the largest client quickly romney and john w. handily in one fantasy zero at the time became very tight they were so close in fact that hanley treated romney like a son giving him a million dollars a jump start to cite companies bain and company and bain capital at the time when santo was mired in scandal so romney and bain were focusing on how to shift monsanto's business practices away from those that were gaining so much negative publicity by nine hundred eighty one as bay was intimately guiding the company's direction biotech was firmly established as monsanto strategic research focus. conflict of interest much yet little piece of history that isn't boasted about much on the campaign trail so where is romney now and surprisingly he still surrounded himself with his good old friends at monsanto during the pres
and it was a home made possible by someone you may know today mr mitt romney yep the republican presidential hopeful was intimately involved in monsanto's transition into biotechnology when romney was fresh out of harvard he joined a consulting firm bain and company monsanto as bain the largest client quickly romney and john w. handily in one fantasy zero at the time became very tight they were so close in fact that hanley treated romney like a son giving him a million dollars a jump start to...
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. >> jennifer: after the break we are also going to get a republican take on the new romney talking points. duf sundheim is going to tell us whether he actually framed this memo and hung it on his wall or lined his bird cage with it. plus what do president obama and mitt romney's previous debate experiences tell us about what might happen on wednesday (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that used as a major talking point. (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct. ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. ♪ >> jennifer: there's a slew of new swing state polls of likely voters. let's take a look
. >> jennifer: after the break we are also going to get a republican take on the new romney talking points. duf sundheim is going to tell us whether he actually framed this memo and hung it on his wall or lined his bird cage with it. plus what do president obama and mitt romney's previous debate experiences tell us about what might happen on wednesday (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and...
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you have all these guys wearing the republican brand and mitt romney is associated with them. >> joy, republicans are having a hard time appealing to women voters because they don't like their outreach or because women don't like their policies. which of those is it? >> the problem is there really hasn't been any outreach. what's been stunning about the romney campaign is the extent to which they have decided not to really try to reach out to these groups they're doing poorly with on the basis of issues. mitt romney has had several opportunities to stand up and sort of lead his party and say, you know what? todd akin, you're wrong. that's not what our party stands for. >> calling sandra fluke a slut. you're wrong. >> stand up to rush limbaugh, we're not going to talk about women in a party i'm the leader of. he's so weak in terms of standing up to the loud and extreme voices he hasn't given himself an opportunity. all he's doing a dangling his wife out there and saying, hey, she's a woman, she likes me. >> krystal, isn't it the case when you look at the list of things republicans are
you have all these guys wearing the republican brand and mitt romney is associated with them. >> joy, republicans are having a hard time appealing to women voters because they don't like their outreach or because women don't like their policies. which of those is it? >> the problem is there really hasn't been any outreach. what's been stunning about the romney campaign is the extent to which they have decided not to really try to reach out to these groups they're doing poorly with...
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there's a tension in the romney campaign and the republican supporters between this idea of going after obama, kind of attacking him and being more aggressive toward him, which a lot of his supporters want to see. the focus group results that romney has looked at for months and months and months, in which he's trying to appeal to people who voted for obama in 2008, who don't want to be told they made a dumb decision, who want to be persuaded into voting for someone else. there's a attention, and romney will try to walk a line between those two things. >> you can't walk a line between those two things. pick your course and do it. they've clearly picked the first course. i think it hasn't proven effective. they may be appealing to some sliver groups, but they risk losing the broader group that could swing the election. >> i'm more curious to see the president, how directly does he confront the president, how aggressive is he with he, or does he back off? he mentions him in the ads, on the stump. how much could he get into the face of governor romney, and will that blow back? >> greta: we'
there's a tension in the romney campaign and the republican supporters between this idea of going after obama, kind of attacking him and being more aggressive toward him, which a lot of his supporters want to see. the focus group results that romney has looked at for months and months and months, in which he's trying to appeal to people who voted for obama in 2008, who don't want to be told they made a dumb decision, who want to be persuaded into voting for someone else. there's a attention,...
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get out. ♪ >> jennifer: with mitt romney trailing in many of the polls the republicans have spent the last week not praising his policies or trying to change people's minds. they actually were instead criticizing many of them, the pollsters themselves calling them a bunch of left-wing cheerleaders saying they were skewing the numbers. this week started with more of the same, only now they have moved on to beating up on their favorite scapegoat of all time the main stream liberal media. >> i think it kind of goes without saying that there is a definitely a media bias. we expected media bias going into this. >> jennifer: i say all of this knowing that i'm here at current tv which is of course a progressive channel, but we don't pretend to be balanced in that way. anybody with objectivity might actually think the regular media is biased in the other direction. the top selling newspaper in this country is the wall street journal. and that paper now has romney advisors writing for their op-ed page. the journal published 23 pieces from ten romney advisors without ever disclosing their ties
get out. ♪ >> jennifer: with mitt romney trailing in many of the polls the republicans have spent the last week not praising his policies or trying to change people's minds. they actually were instead criticizing many of them, the pollsters themselves calling them a bunch of left-wing cheerleaders saying they were skewing the numbers. this week started with more of the same, only now they have moved on to beating up on their favorite scapegoat of all time the main stream liberal media....
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both from romney and obama. mainly on tax policy. >> reporter: vice president biden said romney would hike middle class taxes. >> how they can justify raising tax on the middle class has been buried the last four years. >> reporter: republicans jumped on that. buried by obama? >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. that mean we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> reporter: that's the kind of zinger sure to be heard tomorrow night. doug, andrew and chris say they hope to hear a lot of substance, too. at debate number one in their battleground ate. a lot is on the line. doreen talked about the nbc news "wall street journal" poll. 38%. more than a third of voters saying this debate and the three to follow, one vice presidential work the more presidential, will be important or extremely important to their decision about who to vote for. live from denver, i'm steve handelsman, news4.
both from romney and obama. mainly on tax policy. >> reporter: vice president biden said romney would hike middle class taxes. >> how they can justify raising tax on the middle class has been buried the last four years. >> reporter: republicans jumped on that. buried by obama? >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. that mean we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next...
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republicans are hoping for a game changer in the next few days, but romney's path to victory is starting to disappear. president obama is ahead in all of the vital swing states needed for victory. if the election were held today an associated press analysis shows president obama would win at least 271 electoral votes. 270 votes wins the presidency. the romney campaign is struggling, to say the least. romney's own running mate was forced to admit how their campaign has stumbled. >> so, yeah, we have had some missteps, but at the end of the day, the choice is really clear. we're giving people a clear choice. >> paul ryan was asked about the tax cuts for the millionaires proposed by romney and ryan's budget plans. he was a guest on fox news sunday with chris wallace and the vice presidential candidate made some missteps of his own. >> how much would it cost? >> it's revenue neutral. >> i'm just talking about -- the cut in tax rates. >> it's lower, all americans tax rates. it's revenue neutral. >> it's not unless you take away the deductions. we're going to get to that. the first half. lower
republicans are hoping for a game changer in the next few days, but romney's path to victory is starting to disappear. president obama is ahead in all of the vital swing states needed for victory. if the election were held today an associated press analysis shows president obama would win at least 271 electoral votes. 270 votes wins the presidency. the romney campaign is struggling, to say the least. romney's own running mate was forced to admit how their campaign has stumbled. >> so,...
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mitt romney. and according to one person familiar with the president's debate preparations, it has been exhausting work and the president is definitely out of practice, though, of course, the campaign has been trying to lower expectations. president obama has been practicing for wednesday's debate at the westin lake las vegas resort and spa, 17 miles from the las vegas strip. presidential debate veteran senator john kerry is participating in the mock debates, pretending to be a different patrician wealthy massachusetts pol, mitt romney. yesterday, in las vegas, the president tried to lower expectations. >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who's going to have the best zingers. >> you are! >> governor romney, he's a good debater. i'm just okay. >> reporter: a new "washington post"/abc news poll shows the president enjoys advantages going into this debate. 66% say his policies have favored the middle class, while 57% think romney's, instead, would favor the wealthy. but the campai
mitt romney. and according to one person familiar with the president's debate preparations, it has been exhausting work and the president is definitely out of practice, though, of course, the campaign has been trying to lower expectations. president obama has been practicing for wednesday's debate at the westin lake las vegas resort and spa, 17 miles from the las vegas strip. presidential debate veteran senator john kerry is participating in the mock debates, pretending to be a different...
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it was in june that a top state republican lawmaker predicted the law would help governor romney. >> which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> and joining us now, judith brown, diana's co-director of the advancement project, a civil rights organization that filed the lawsuit. thank you for your time. we played that state lawmaker who said if that law was in effect in pennsylvania, he felt that governor romney would win that state, done. the polling shows opposite. nevertheless there was a concern. let's talk about the split decision. the judge is blocking it for now, but what happens next? >> well, you know, this is a big victory for democracy. it paves the way for free, fair, and accessible voting. we know that there were hundreds of thousands of people who would have been impacted by this and would not have had the i.d. we're very pleased that, in fact, in november people can vote without that i.d. we will continue to fight this law because we know that in the end that it impacts elderly voters, young voters and people of color and veterans
it was in june that a top state republican lawmaker predicted the law would help governor romney. >> which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> and joining us now, judith brown, diana's co-director of the advancement project, a civil rights organization that filed the lawsuit. thank you for your time. we played that state lawmaker who said if that law was in effect in pennsylvania, he felt that governor romney would win that state, done. the...
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this is the end of the republican party if romney doesn't get in because of the changing face of america. and what i wanted to say here and i wanted to say to the people is high as a citizen, i am 72-years-old and i have many generations in this country, i have never been so ashamed of the press. they have sold their souls to the devil and they have lost their integrity because it is so by yes they are running a campaign for obama, and he would never be in the position he is and if they didn't because he has a completely failed for years, and you know what? i know he tried. -- >> the washington journal every morning at seven eastern on c-span. the senate is meeting in a brief pro forma session. no legislative business will be conducted as the lawmakers are away on a break. now live to the senate floor >> i want to raise an issue that's been lurking out there for two or three weeks and cast it specifically in national security terms. you're the oldest president in history, and some say you are tired after being with president mondale,. you were on little sleep after the cuba missile crisi
this is the end of the republican party if romney doesn't get in because of the changing face of america. and what i wanted to say here and i wanted to say to the people is high as a citizen, i am 72-years-old and i have many generations in this country, i have never been so ashamed of the press. they have sold their souls to the devil and they have lost their integrity because it is so by yes they are running a campaign for obama, and he would never be in the position he is and if they didn't...